See This Social Studies Question That All Candidates Deviated In
See This Social Studies Question That All Candidates Deviated In. Students are usually advised not to attempt questions that have little or no knowledge of. For example, in the year 2018, candidates were provided with two sets of questions under The Environment section. The first question focused was about how to protect the environment from degradation. The second question was about the climate and the ‘trade winds. The first set of questions was relatively cool as compared to the second one.
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Some candidates proceeded to answer the second set of questions. See the question.
a) List five characteristics of the North East Trade Winds in Ghana.
b) Describe five effects of the North East Trade Winds in Ghana,’
This was the general observation of the performance of those who attempted it:
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The question was not so popular with most candidates. Unfortunately, most of the candidates who attempted it deviated. The candidates could not distinguish between the characteristics and effects of the North East Trade Winds. Some candidates erroneously stated the following as characteristics: bleeding of lips, drying of crops, drying of clothes, etc.
There are many other questions that students deviated from. Students owe it a duty to constantly read these reports. This is because, in these reports, they will find out the general trend of performance from no other than the Chief Examiner.
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Let us go through the answers to the question that was deviated by most candidates.
a) The winds blow from the North east of Ghana to the South West of Ghana in terms of directions of winds
b) The winds are normally dry.
c) The winds do not bring rainfall
d) The winds bring along dust.
e) The winds blow around the months of Nowember to March.
According to the Chief Examiner, candidates answeranswered the second part of the question very well. This is the question about the effects.

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